Green & White Chili Recipe: Just In Time For Super Bowl

DIXON, CA – Four siblings from the Dixon Ridge 4-H Club recently swept the 2018 Solano County 4-H Chili Cookoff with a recipe called "4-H Green and White Chili," featuring pork shoulder, pork sausage and four varieties of peppers -- pasilla, Anaheim, serrano and green bell.

And it was just too good to not share. So just in time for your Super Bowl Sunday parties, here is the winning recipe, courtesy of chili chefs Maritzia Partida Cisneros, Miguel Partida Cisneros, Moncerrat "Monce" Torres Cisneros and Rudolfo "Rudy" Radillo Cisneros. Enjoy!

(To read more on the team's cookoff win, click here.)

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4-H Green and White Chili from Dixon Ridge 4-H Club

• 2 pounds pork shoulder cut in ½-inch chunks
• 2 pounds ground pork sausage
• Olive oil (as needed to brown meat)
• Two 28-ounce cans green enchilada sauce
• 2 onions, coarsely chopped
• 2 of each pepper diced: pasilla, Anaheim, serrano and green bell pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 tomatillos, diced
• 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped
• Water, approximately 1 cup
• Cornstarch for thickening if needed
• Seasonings to taste: chicken bouillon, black pepper, garlic salt and cumin
• Directions: In a large stock pot, brown pork in the olive oil. Add the ground sausage and continue cooking over high heat until meat is browned (about 30 minutes). Add the water and seasonings. Cook an additional 30 minutes. Add green enchilada sauce. Turn heat down and simmer for 30 minutes. While mixture is simmering, coarsely chop the onions, mince the garlic, dice the peppers and tomatillos and chop the cilantro. Add these to the pot and continue cooking until the pork is tender (about 30 to 45 minutes). Check flavor and adjust seasonings to taste. If needed, thicken with the cornstarch.

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--Recipe and info courtesy of Kathy Keatley Garvey/Pixabay image via sferrario1968